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Transferred to SC 5/8/6 and subsequently to C 47/8/1
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James de Reding (Reading), late valet of Bon Phelippe and other merchants of the...
Catalogue reference: SC 8/160/7987
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This record is about the James de Reding (Reading), late valet of Bon Phelippe and other merchants of the... dating from [c. 1307-c. 1327] in the series Special Collections: Ancient Petitions. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- SC 8/160/7987
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Date (When the record was created)
- [c. 1307-c. 1327]
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Description (What the record is about)
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- Petitioners
- James de Reding (Reading), late valet of Bon Phelippe and other merchants of the Bardi company of Florence.
- Name(s)
- de Reding (Reading), James
- Addressees
- King and council.
- Occupation
- valet of Bon Phelippe and other merchants of the Bardi company of Florence
- Nature of request
- Reding requests that he be delivered from his long imprisonment in Newgate by the king's letters to the company of Bardi and the sheriffs of London, he being attached by the company by a commission of the late king alleging that he was responsible for the loss of money in Artois when it was by the company's bad judgment.
- Nature of endorsement
- The sheriff is ordered that he certify in Chancery the cause for the detention in prison of the petitioner, and he is to warn the merchants to be in Chancery to show why he should not be delivered, and if the reason is not reasonable then he should be delivered.
- Places mentioned
- Florence, [Italy]
- London
- Newgate Prison, [London].
- People mentioned
- Bon Phelippe, merchant of the Bardi company of Florence.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The petition has been dated to c. 1307-c. 1327 as the hand is consistent with a petition of Edward II's reign. The petition is answered in French, so that it is likely that the petition is after 1322.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- French
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9210179/
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SC 8
Special Collections: Ancient Petitions
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